Girdle



Feb. 8, 1938.

G IRDLE Fil ed July 3, 1937 lNVENTOR MORR 1.5 B IENENF 4 ATTORNEY M. BlENEf lFELD 2,107,849

i onand taking. off of the girdle, and more par! @wejarer'. 7 A yet further 1 ally, to improvethe construction of belted girdles.

The presentinvention relates-to ladies founda ,"tion garmentsg and, more particularly, to girdles" Q provided with inner front-portion for ilattening 'fthe' 'abdomen.

. 5 One object ofit'he' invention'fis'to providea belted g'irdl'e*which'is-specially adapted fora.

7 f gure which is ofnioderate; size-but yetrequires 'a girdle which-is providedwith means for/flat- V tfening thefabdomen. For this purpose the girdle; I it is' pr'ovided with an inner-belt or.front portion constructed and'arran ged toproduce the desired jnaaerfihgefieeti V Afurther object of the invention is to provide I a belted g'irdle having sections which areat least partially separable so as to facilitate the putting 'ticularly, to'provide a belted girdle having separable sections connected together by a slide operated fastenersuch'as a zipper and. arranged so that the fastening. of the belt in position draws ptheseparable sections of the girdle together, so

7 j thatthe movement ofthe zipper to closed posi- :"tion is facilitated.

' {A further object of the invention is to provide 7' 5 a girdle with a belted portion which has a twomy stretch,'that is, a belt which is extensible "@both circumferentially and longitudinally of the object of the invention is generr 'The above objects of the invention and'other .objects ancillary thereto will be fully understood from the following descriptionconsidered with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the present specification. ,1

Inthe drawing:

Fig. l is a front view of the girdle illustrated in position on the wearer; r v Fig. 2 is a rear view of the girdle; g (Fig. '3is an inside view of the front of the girdle; I

7 1 Fig. 4' is an enlarged sectional view on the line 4".4 of Fig. 1.

'Referringnow more particularly to the drawing, the foundation garment here shown as a girdle l0, embodying the presentinvention, comprisesfs'ections secured together inbody encircling "relation. Said girdle includes a front panel l2 of suitable fabric which is preferably non-stretchable 7 50tand inelastic, sidezsec'tions l4 and 16 which are elastic transversely, or in a circumferential direction and substantially inelastic or ofIlimited elasticity in a direction longitudinally of the wearer, and a rear panellfl which is composed of -55 suitable fabric which; is non-stretchable and inthe front panel UN TES PATENT;QFF

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5 mum; rui rs, Hansel-151 3 ;.151-536 7 a min (clip-27 elasticLlThefrontpajnel l2 ls provided with a lower elastic insert 20, and'rearp'anel I8 is provided withlanup'per. elastic insertz22'.- Said front and rear panels are also provided with stays 24 and 25, respectively; 1 the front stays 24 being relatively "shortz a's'indicated and the rear stays 26 extending substantially tothe lower edge of .the rear panelf a fastener 34 is provided. I The usual stringers 36 and 38 of said fastener are attached at the adjacent edges of panel l2 and section l6.

In accordance with the present invention, the

. girdle is provided with a belt 40 comprising a central panel 42 composed of suitable fabric which is'preferably non-stretchable and inelastic in a direction transversely of the wearer, but which is elastic in a direction longitudinally of the wearer as indicated by the arrow 44 in Fig. 3. Said belt also comprises side panels 46 and 48 stitched to central panel 42 and reinforced at the seams by strips or tapes 49. Said panels 46 and 48 are composed of suitable fabric which is elastic in a transverse direction as indicated by the arrows B, but which preferably is non-stretchable and inelastic in a longitudinal direction. Central portion 42 is provided with reinforcing cross strips 51 stitched thereto and to the vertical reinforcing strips 49. The upper edge of belt 40 is provided with an elastic tape 53 and the lower edge of said belt portion is provided with a similar elastic tape 55, said tapes 53 and 55 being stretchable in a direction longitudinally thereof.

Belt 40 is attached to the girdle at the inner side of front panel l2 by. stitching the side edge of one side panel, here shown as panel 46, by the seam 52' by whichthe side panel I4 is attached to I2 at one side thereof. The opposite side edge of portion 40 is provided with an inelastic fabric strip 54 carrying hooks 56 for engagement with eyes 58 carried by an inelastic Said strip 60 is stitched to an attached at their ends to the bottom of belt portion 40 and to the bottom edge of front panel I2, respectively. Garter tabs 69 are stitched to the lower edge of rear panel l8.

It will be observed that when the wearer adjusts the girdle on her body, before the fastener 34 is closed,the hooks on the belt are engaged with the eyes on strip 60 which is attached to flap B2. In this manner the front panel l2 and the side panel [6 are drawn together and disposed with their edges close to each other so that the slider 35 of the slide fastener 34 may be operated with minimum resistance to effect the closurelof the slide fastener. Byvvirtue of this arrangement the necessity fortwo rows of hooks and two rows] of eyes is eliminated as the same'set of hooks and eyes which are used for fastenting the belt portion of the girdle in position also=. br-ings the separable girdle portions close together for re-,

may be made. Thus, for example, while I have described the central portion S2 of belt 40 as elastic, which is a preferred feature of the invention, said section may be composed of inelastic fabric,

although it is preferred that the side sections 7 46 and 48 have elasticity in atransverse direction as above described. Accordingly, in view of the changes which may be made in the construction herein shown, I do not wish to be limited precisely thereto, except as may be required by the appended claim considered with reference to the prior art.

1 ;Having thus described my invention, what I p claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

" 1 'A foundation garment such as a girdle having a belt on theinside thereof in position to overlie the wearers abdomen, said belt comprising a centralportion which is elastic longitudinally and inelastic transversely, and side portions which are elastic transversely, one of said side portions beingattached at its outer edge to the girdle, said side portions 'permitting'the belt to be stretched tion of the latter, and a slide operated fastener for releasablysecuringsaid separable portions together. V

MORRIS BIENENFELD. 

